The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAVE HELSEL, JAMES ARALIS
and DINO J. POLLALIS
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Appeal No. 2003-0212
Application No. 09/089,053
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HEARD: June 10, 2003
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Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-12, which constitute
all the claims in the application. An amendment after final
rejection was filed on August 17, 2001 and was entered by the
examiner.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for detecting the fly height of a magnetic head
transducer and for determining if a threshold fly height has been
reached.
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